Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SECURITY INDUSTRY ACT 2003 - SECT 42

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     holds an employee licence; and

        (b)     carries out any of the following security activities:

              (i)     patrol, guard, watch or protect property (including cash in transit);

              (ii)     act as a bodyguard;

              (iii)     act as a crowd controller; and

        (c)     does not wear the licence so the licence number is clearly visible.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     holds an employee licence; and

        (b)     carries out any of the following security activities:

              (i)     act as a security consultant;

              (ii)     sell security equipment;

              (iii)     carry out surveys and inspections of security equipment;

              (iv)     give advice about security equipment;

              (v)     install, maintain, monitor, repair or service security equipment; and

        (c)     either—

              (i)     does not carry the licence; or

              (ii)     fails to produce it for inspection on demand by a person in relation to whom the person is carrying out the activities.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (4)     This section does not apply to—

        (a)     a person carrying on a security activity if—

              (i)     a regulation requires the person to wear another form of identification while carrying on the security activity; and

              (ii)     the person wears the other form of identification while carrying on the security activity; or

        (b)     a licensee if the commissioner for fair trading has exempted the licensee under section 42A.

    (5)     In this section:

"security consultant"—see section 13 (2).